Australian National Series Round 1

The first round of the Australian Mountain Bike Series took place in Glenorchy, AUS on December 12-13. Leigh Douglas took the win in downhill and Sarsha Huntington won the mountaincross. The next race in the series is the Australian National Championships in Adelaide January 12-17, 2010.

Downhill
Elite
1. Leigh Douglas
2. Ema Lews
3. Sarah Booth
4. Leonie Picton
5. Sarsha Huntington
6. Joanne Fox
7. Shannon Chugg

Under 19 Women
1. Emily Hockey
2. Holly Baarspul
3. Christie Batt
4. Katelyn Humphris

Master Women
1. Jillian Brady

4X
1. Sarsha Huntington
2. Jayne Rutter

Australian National Downhill and 4X Championships

The Australian National Mountain Bike Championship races were held in Canberra January 23-26. Emmeline Ragot won the downhill race, but Julia Boer takes the title of the 2009 Australian National Downhill Champion since Ragot is French. Caroline Buchanan won her fourth Australian National 4X Champion title on the same track where she took her first World Cup win.

We found these results on the Australian National Series website.

Downhill
Elite Women
1. Emmeline Ragot
2. Julia Boer
3. Claire Whateman
4. Leigh Douglas
5. Cara Smith
6. Sarah Booth
7. Sarsha Huntington
8. Joanne Fox
9. Shannon Chugg
10. Emma Lewis

Women Under 19
1. Holly Baarspul
2. Natasha Bonney

Women Under 15
1. Danielle Beecroft
2. Harriet Burbidge-Smith
3. Tegan Molloy

Women Under 17
1. Alice Minahan
2. Em Hockey
3. Katelyn Humphris
4. Bec Kirss
5. Jasmin Rosa
6. Danielle Acunzo
7. Christie Batt

Sport Women
1. Petra Tesarova

Masters Women
1. Jillian Brady

4X
Open Women
1. Caroline Buchanan
2. Lauren Reynolds
3. Rachel Bracken
4. Sarsha Huntington
5. Cherie Simpson
6. Shannon Jobson
7. Julia Boer
8. Vanessa Thompson

Under 19 Women
1. Harriet Burbidge-Smith
2. Natasha Bonney
3. Paige Barcroft
4. Danielle Beecroft